The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-02-23
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

vermont.
REV. EDWIN WHEELocK of Cambridge has
gone South.
A. j. LAMB has been appointed postmaster
at West Milton.
A DETACHMENT of the Salvation Army has
just invaded Derby Line.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM H. PARKER of Mid
dlebury College is seriously ILL.,
DURING a snow-storm in Fair Haven
distinct peal of thunder was heard.
j. B. POWELL, proprietor of the Globe
Hotel, Rutland, has filed petition in in
solvency.
DANIEL BRUrEN has been appointed
postal clerk on the run from Essex Junction
to Boston.
Mrs. MCDERMoTT Of Rutland, over
seventy years old, fell on the ice, fracturing
her right hip.
REV. GEORGE S. PRATT, pastor of the
Baptist church, st. Adams, has rendered
his resignation.
BURGLARS entered Whitney's auction
rooms at Newport last week and stole a
large number of articles.
A WINTER convocation of the Episcopal
clergy of the diocese of Vermont was held
at Middlebury last week.
Mrs. CYNTHIA S. LITTLE of Fairfield has
given the Congregational society of that
place fine church organ.
MRS. c. P. HARRIS, who was very badly
hurt in the frightful toboggan accident at
Rutland, is slowly recovering.
THE Billings library of the University of
Vermont is to be enlarged, to give space for
reading-rooms and a reference library.
SINCE thanksgiving there have been
thirty-seven snow storms in Pittsford, and
over ninety-six inches of snow has fallen.
REV. GAVIN CAMPBELL, NJ D., of New
York. pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Greensboro for eleven years, died Sunday.
THERE are three hundred people in the
neighborhood of Bennington engaged in
gathering spruce gum for three dealers in
that place.
jerks L. WINcHELL of Pittsford has just
sold one of his English lion mastiff pups,
to go to Philadelphia, for $3.50, and one to
go to Newark, n. j., for $40.
Mrs. HELEN HARD, wife of Col II. S.
Hard of Arlington, died a few days ago at
the Brattleboro insane asylum, of which
she had been an inmate twenty-five years.
REV. HOMER EATON, DID,, of Burlington
will deliver the Memorial day address in
that city. Warren Gibbs of ST. Adams will
deliver the address at Montgomery Center.
THE governor has made the following APP
pointments under Act No. SO, Session Laws
of 1886, for the purpose of establishing true
meridian lines: James G.. Wilson of Bethel,
Otis II. Capron of Leicester, Edward III.
Randall of Poultney and George j. Bond of
Searsburg.
HORACE CURRIER of East Franklin, about
seventy years of age, went into the woods to
cut some wood. Not returning as early as
his wife thought he should, a messenger
was sent to look him up. His lifeless body
was found short distance from where he
finished his work.
THE following patents have been recently
granted to Vermonters: George b. Ely, st
Johnsbury, method of and apparatus fol
March Shallon hot
air heater; Henry II. Mason, Springfield
mop; Henry III. Mason, Springfield, mop
heads; Marshall st. German, Fairfield, sta
BILE floor,
BURLINGTON had coasting accident last
Wednesday afternoon, which resulted more
or less seriously to some fourteen sliderS
who were coming down Main street on {
traverse and were upset in making turn
Miss King of Malone, n. Y, Miss Hill o
Bethel, Miss Washburne of Burlington ant
Mr.. G. l.. Soule of Fairfield were picked VI
in an insensble condition and carried int
the Van Ness House Mr.. Soule had struck
against an electric light post and it wa
feared that his case was serious, although
no external injury was manifest. AlleI
Soue, proprietor of the hotel at Fairfield
was on the overturned traverse and had
rib broken. b. f. Kelley of st. Adams wa
also one of the party, but escaped unhurt.
THE Burlington carnival opened on Mon
day of last week. On Tuesday there was
a good attendance and the slides wer
thronged. In the evening the public build
ings and residences were generally illumin
ated. Owing to the thaw Wednesday wa
poor day for winter sports but Thursda
the weather was suspicious and coastin
and tobogganing were lively. The ice-yach
race came off over three-mle course a
Rock Point The wind was just right, bu
the ice was covered with crust of snow
There were eleven starters, and the rae
was won by Brush, " first; Brownie, sec
ond; Snowbird," third " Brushs time
30. 50 " Brownies" 40. In the afternoo
occurred the snow-shoe races. The hall
mile race-contested for by j. Lumsten, w
Seaman, p. Ogilvie of the Emerald Snow
shoe Club, Montreal and J j. Enright of tn
Iroquois Club, Burlington-was won b.
Lumsten with Seaman second. In the mile
race for the same prizes and starters tn
first was won by Lumsten, the second b
Ogilvie and the third by Seaman. Their
was also fancy skating tournament at til
rink. The race for purse of 800 was wo
by Fanny H." in three straight heats
Bessie b." second, Blanch b." third
Sir Arthur" fourth, "Gypsy" fifth